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| Emma Dent Coad MP apologises over 'racist blog post' | Emma Dent Coad MP apologises over 'racist blog post' |
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| A Labour MP accused of writing a "racist" article about a London Assembly member has apologised for "any offence caused". | A Labour MP accused of writing a "racist" article about a London Assembly member has apologised for "any offence caused". |
| Emma Dent Coad wrote a blog piece in 2010 in which she labelled Shaun Bailey a "token ghetto boy". | Emma Dent Coad wrote a blog piece in 2010 in which she labelled Shaun Bailey a "token ghetto boy". |
| Ms Dent Coad told BBC Radio London she had been quoting "an Afro-Carribean" constituent in her blog. | Ms Dent Coad told BBC Radio London she had been quoting "an Afro-Carribean" constituent in her blog. |
| Mr Bailey urged the Labour leadership "to take the strongest disciplinary action possible" against Ms Dent Coad. | Mr Bailey urged the Labour leadership "to take the strongest disciplinary action possible" against Ms Dent Coad. |
| However, Jeremy Corbyn has said he will not withdraw the whip from the Kensington MP. | |
| He said he would "obviously ensure that people discuss the use of language" and "make sure that everyone treats others with respect." | |
| In a letter to the Labour leader, Mr Bailey called the apology "cowardly". | |
| Mr Bailey said: "Despite her claims, she can provide no evidence that I or anyone else used the horrendous terms she advocated." | Mr Bailey said: "Despite her claims, she can provide no evidence that I or anyone else used the horrendous terms she advocated." |
| In the piece Ms Dent Coad claimed Mr Bailey, who was a parliamentary candidate for Hammersmith, had "stigmatised" the area he was born in by referring to it as a "ghetto". | In the piece Ms Dent Coad claimed Mr Bailey, who was a parliamentary candidate for Hammersmith, had "stigmatised" the area he was born in by referring to it as a "ghetto". |
| "Who can say where this man will ever fit in, however hard he tries? One day he is the 'token ghetto boy' standing behind D Cameron, the next 'looking interested' beside G Osborne. Ever felt used?", she wrote. | "Who can say where this man will ever fit in, however hard he tries? One day he is the 'token ghetto boy' standing behind D Cameron, the next 'looking interested' beside G Osborne. Ever felt used?", she wrote. |
| Speaking on the Vanessa Feltz breakfast show on BBC London, Ms Dent Coad said: "If [Mr Bailey] is offended, I apologise." | Speaking on the Vanessa Feltz breakfast show on BBC London, Ms Dent Coad said: "If [Mr Bailey] is offended, I apologise." |
| In another letter sent to Mr Corbyn, Conservative MPs Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly called his "failure to condemn her comments... disappointing and concerning". | |
| "It gives the impression that you are comfortable with the comments Ms Dent Coad made," they wrote. |